Legal Opinion
State v. Outagamie County Board of Adjustment
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 2001No. 98-1046PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDiane S. Sykes, J.
¶ 1. This is a zoning case in which we review a conclusion reluctantly reached by the court of appeals that the law of this state may require a basement to be destroyed in order to save it from being flooded. Judge Michael Hoover aptly noted the irony in his opinion for the court of appeals: "applicable law compels a harsh result" in that "we order the certain destruction of [a] basement in order to avoid the possibility that it may be damaged in a flood." State v. Outagamie County Bd. of Adjustment, No. 98-1046, unpublished slip op. at 2 (Wis. Ct. App. Sept. 22, 1998).
¶ 2. David and Barbara…
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